Overview of Waivers in Fantasy Football and College Fantasy Football

Waivers put temporary freezes on unclaimed players, giving everyone a chance to make a claim on them. When this time period ends, all waiver claims are processed and the manager with the highest waiver priority gets the player. The league's commish can pick which waiver rule and waiver claim priority is used from the "Edit League Settings" page of the "Commissioner" tab.

Available waiver rules

Weekly waivers place all unclaimed players on waivers at the beginning of each week. There are 3 start times to choose from, but each type has the same end time. Waivers end after 11:59 p.m. PT Tuesday, allowing remaining players to be added by the 1st manager to claim them.

Game Time - Tuesday (default rule) - Unclaimed players are placed on waivers as soon as their 1st game of the week begins. If they don't have a game that week, they're placed on waivers at 5:30 p.m. PT Monday.

First Game of the Week - Tuesday - All unclaimed players are placed on waivers at the scheduled start time of the 1st game of the week.

Situational waiver tips and options

Since other managers can make waiver claims on players you want, you can increase your chances by making multiple "conditional" claims to add or drop players. The idea is that if 1 claim is voided for any reason, the next claim is processed and you can still have a favorable outcome.

Multiple claims to add 1 player:

Waiver Claim 1 - Add Player C, drop Player A

Waiver Claim 2 - Add Player D, drop Player A

Waiver Claim 3 - Add Player D, drop Player B

If Waiver Claim 1 is successful, Waiver Claim 2 is voided because you no longer own Player A, but you still have a chance to get Player D because of Waiver Claim 3.

Multiple claims to drop 1 player for other players:

Waiver Claim 1 - Add Player B, drop Player A

Waiver Claim 2 - Add Player C, drop Player A

Waiver Claim 3 - Add Player D, drop Player A

This way, even if someone else wins Player B or C, you can still drop Player A for Player D.

When the league's draft ends, you can have all unclaimed players be immediately available to add or have them go into waivers. You can only change this setting pre-draft (from the "Edit League Settings" page).